Great job, great shot, KC! Getting caught in the act might be a wake-up call to her. (We can hope, sigh).
Poor, poor gran.
I recently hit a bicyclist with my car. It was very traumatic for all concerned, and believe me I do have sympathy for the cyclist. However he RODE RIGHT OUT IN FRONT OF ME. Four or five cars stopped and waited for the police to arrive so they could tell them exactly how blameless I was and how hard I tried to avoid hitting him. Even the cyclist said “I don’t know what I was thinking”. Yet my Personal Injury Protection insurance will be paid out to the cyclist, and my insurance rates “might” go up (they couldn’t or wouldn’t give a straight answer), and the only thing I did wrong was to be on the road at that time and place.
What does this have to do with anything? I feel bad for the cyclist, and maybe even feel that he should get monetary compensation, but I didn’t do anything to deserve my involvement in the whole situation. And that’s what the OP’s situation is reminding me of. It doesn’t really matter whether the girl is misunderstood, redeemable, worth the effort, etc. It’s not fair that the OP even has to be involved in it when she got into the situation simply by having horses in a certain place at a certain time. Unfortunately, like me, she cannot extricate herself from the situation even though she did nothing to put herself there. And that seems sad and unfair to me.
Kudos and best wishes to the OP. Whatever she does or does not do to recoup her losses, or help the girl or her grandmother, it is being forced upon her through no fault of her own.
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Now everyone but the people who said those things is claiming that they were tongue in cheek comments. /QUOTE]
Good Lord!!! I REALLY NEED to say I don’t SSS kids that trespass, in order for you to know it was a joke??? OK, facinated…just for you…THAT WAS A JOKE!!!
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Just a fact, only a fact.[/QUOTE]
You sound like a poorly concealed alter from that poster, still digging the hole deeper.:winkgrin:
I can’t believe that the kid was, in the middle of being punished, still thinking of doing more serious damage.
I don’t hold much hope for such human beings, that fall into the evil category, not reasonable.:no:
I too would be watching my back, big time, because I would not be surprised if the retaliation continues, in whatever stupid way that kid can think of.
Scratching a car, indeed, with people around and not figuring that she can be seen and anyway the fingers would be pointed at her when discovered.
I would guess that is a kid in need of professional assistence, not turned loose in a society full of innocent, patient people with good intentions.:eek:
kooki–you witch —you were trying to MELT that little dear with the hose, weren’t you?
Just Kidding!!!(for those of you who can’t tell):lol:
Kooki—so sorry you , your SO, gran and grandpa have to go through this.
I am praying that all of you (including critters !) will be safe.
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Damn, I am NEVER that quick. I always think about stuff like that after the fact.
YOU are AWESOME!!!
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I am not entering into the discussion about “Child in my pasture- WWYD?”, but I am going to weigh in concerning Facinated. I have known him for sometime and can unequivocally say that he is not only a father, but a very good one too. He has a charming, bright, polite child who is a pleasure to be around. Just because he considers himself an advocate for children, does not make him a pervert.[/QUOTE]
Just curious, how come this is your #2 post (#284) as this “new” poster and your next post is also listed as your #2 post (#291)?
Wow - her willingness to do ANYTHING she can think of to retaliate is scary. If I had the option, I would seriously consider moving my horses until she goes back to whatever rock she crawled out from under.
I totally agree that the OP does not need to be involved in this girl’s life more than she absolutely has to. I would certainly not want her around my barn - who knows what she would do once she learned the place and had access to it!
Hopefully your Farmer neighbor and his boys can help straighten her out. The older farmers I know in the US won’t take any kind of sH*t from anyone, and maybe that’s exactly what this girl needs a good dose of. Though it sounds like Kooki and her garden hose are a force to be reckoned with! :lol:
Man! I’m coming in late and my connection is slow…would anyone be interested in summarizing the events from start til now for those on dialup? Pretty please?
How about electricfying your fence? :lol::lol::lol:
Seriously, If you catch her again-call the police before you confront her and have them pull up, that way she knows you mean business. Then accompany the child home with the police to let the parents know what is going on. Then ask her if she would like to come see the horses up close when you are home, but you won’t tolerate the potty mouth.
i wouldn’t allow her on the property, i’d forget about the fence fixing or teaching her a lesson, if she shows up again, protect yourself and your property while you wait for the police, if gran asks for help with the child, suggest having her put in a facility
KC
You have more patience than me. But I can see the point of making her finish, so you can end on a good note (like we do in horse training 
I hope it can…
Glad your SO is going to help out, and maybe her attitude will be different when she is outnumbered, and there is a larger audience watching her!
The number of posts is updated in all posts each time a person posts. If he posts again it will say three posts
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Man! I’m coming in late and my connection is slow…would anyone be interested in summarizing the events from start til now for those on dialup? Pretty please?[/QUOTE]
ok let’s try and others can chime in:
12 yr old girl gets sent by mother who cannot control her from city to grandparents, grandfather very ill, in the english countryside;
child goes into KCat’s pasture and is caught chasing horses with a stick, kid curses KCat;
child tears down fencing to that pasture at later date;
Kcat discovers kid’s ID by finding neighbor’s dogs tied up while she is out riding, takes dogs to neighbor, finds kid there;
kid is required to come repair fence, while there she tries to key vehicle with hoofpick, KCat sprays her with hose;
all posters use humor to offer solutions to punish kid while one poster gets personal and defends kid and starts train wreck;
kid will do something else, stay tuned.
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Fascinated, you have children on the property, and innocent livestock including a stud who is the apple of your eye. Think about if you had a child scaring your animals, and ran Silvio through a fence. Would you let her back on the property?
I’d say no, for their safety and to protect your children from a child like that. She does damage to vehicles, fences, and chases horses with sticks and ties her dogs up and leaves them for an hour. Please don’t let a child like that around your children or livestock, it’s not safe for anyone.
She is being catered to by everyone in her life, don’t join the group. A no tolerence attitude may be a big part of holding her accountable, and she may feel quite guilty later (A valuable and healthy emotion).
Not every child is your problem, nor should you make it, nor should the OP. I would’ve asked for the child’s mother’s contact information, and spoken to them about their child, and the strain she is placing upon her grandmother.
Sorry but heaven help anyone I catch harming my livestock, I don’t stand very well for cruelty or disregard for an innocent animal’s life. The OP has been very diplomatic.
So far you lovely people have “ungrateful spawn”,“little villain”, “nasty little thing”,“little snot”, “little cow”, “brat”, “little creep” and the 3 am crowd hasn’t checked in yet. The only reading comprehension issue thus far is that Granny refused the offer of gloves, not the child. It is interesting to note that the OP has not said one nasty thing about her. This is not a defense of the child, nor were yesterday’s replies.
I said “Satan’s Spawn” I think…
**** Mental note to self: Stop poking the troll…
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You know, I’m very sarcastic and would likely use that term for my own child. Luckily my kids understood the term “sarcasm” early and they’d turn around and say “what, you mean daddy isn’t REALLY my daddy?” with a look of total innocence in their eyes before laughing hysterically.
Yep, little kids like me running around, be afraid.
OP, I wish you’d gotten video of her face when you turned the hose on her. Sounds like something my grandfather would have done!
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Fascinated, you have children on the property, and innocent livestock including a stud who is the apple of your eye. Think about if you had a child scaring your animals, and ran Silvio through a fence. Would you let her back on the property?
I’d say no, for their safety and to protect your children from a child like that. She does damage to vehicles, fences, and chases horses with sticks and ties her dogs up and leaves them for an hour. Please don’t let a child like that around your children or livestock, it’s not safe for anyone.
She is being catered to by everyone in her life, don’t join the group. A no tolerence attitude may be a big part of holding her accountable, and she may feel quite guilty later (A valuable and healthy emotion).
Not every child is your problem, nor should you make it, nor should the OP. I would’ve asked for the child’s mother’s contact information, and spoken to them about their child, and the strain she is placing upon her grandmother.
Sorry but heaven help anyone I catch harming my livestock, I don’t stand very well for cruelty or disregard for an innocent animal’s life. The OP has been very diplomatic.[/QUOTE]
Perhaps you will be the one who shows me something I said in defense of the child’s actions. I did question the OP’s relationship with her neighbor’s because I would have expected a person in a rural area to be familiar with their neighbor’s children. Her explanation of the childs presence, and her actions regarding the matter all make perfect sense to me, after reading her subsequent posts. I felt yesterday, and still feel today that too many people are saying too many nasty things about a child. The OP is not one of those people. I still do not know what SSS means exactly, and do not recall lumping it in with paint ball guns, vicious animals and electric fence, but based upon a recent posting it is another light hearted attempt at humor.
